Eli Thompson

Elias "Eli" Thompson (1877-) was the early 20th century Atlantic County Sheriff and the brother of County Treasurer and crime boss Enoch Thompson.

Biography
Eli Thompson was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1877, the son of Irish immigrants Ethan and Eleanor Thompson and the younger brother of Enoch Thompson. Thompson was appointed Atlantic County Sheriff through his brother's influence, allowing for corrupt law enforcement officials to run the city and permit bootlegging under Thompson's supervision. Eli Thompson was sent to work with Philadelphia bootlegger Mickey Doyle by his brother, and he narrowly survived an ambush on one of Thompson's delivery convoys by gangster Gyp Rosetti at Tabor Heights, New Jersey in 1921.